along with the currently available data on vaccine effectiveness and year-round circulation of COVID-19," the CDC said in its news release. "The recommendation also provides clarity to healthcare providers on how many doses should be given per year to people who are moderately or severely immu...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has told public health departments in all 50 US states and five large cities to get ready to distribute a covid-19 vaccine by 1 November, two days before the US presidential election on 3 November. President Donald Trump said ...
The following statement is attributed to Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC. As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Jans...
FDA As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine have been administered in the U.S. CDC and FDA are reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine....
“This is not a way we usually givevaccines,” he said. But, “we have to move into this new way of providing vaccine protection.” More information The CDC has more on COVID-19. SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, news release, Oct. 25, 2024;New York Times...
Vaccine efficacy has fallen from 75% at first to just over 50% among long term care facility residents, Oliver said. These were the first people vaccinated after the shots became available in December and January. "The data we have seen today has demonstrated that Covid vaccines continue to ...
's vaccine to be available in the coming days, pending recommendation from public health authorities, so people can ask their doctor about receiving their COVID-19 vaccine during the same appointment as their annual flu shot," Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO at Pfizer, said in a statement. ...
The unvaccinated population is the main risk group. Delta variant may reduce the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine. However, all COVID-19 vaccines are protective, and can reduce the risk of severe diseases and death. Those with chronic diseases are at high risk for severe diseases and death from...
Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines because their age or certain health conditions make them more vulnerable to severe infections, U.S. health officials advised this week.
By now, nearly all Americans have had a COVID infection, gotten a COVID vaccine or both, but the updated vaccines offer a timely boost as immunity wanes and the virus continues to evolve, the CDC said. "Professionals and the public in general do not understand how much this virus has mu...